Post by Darth Vyrassu on Apr 9, 2019 17:23:37 GMT -5
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
* Intent: Flesh out the Sith Order of the Sith Empire
* Image Credit: Source Here edited by Funami
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GENERAL INFORMATION
* Organization Name: The Sith Order/Religious Organization of The Sith Empire
* Classification: State Religious Order
* Loyalties: The Sith Empire, the Emperor of the Sith
* Organization Symbol: The Order utilizes the ancient symbol of the Sith, which is a red sunburst derived from the even more ancient symbol of the Dark Side of the Force. This symbol, along with the symbol of the Sith Empire, is constant in all of the Order's iconography across their holdings on either banners or articles of clothing.
* Description: The Sith Order is the official religious body of the Sith Empire, born from the union of the Naga Sadow's sith remnants and the Sith under Darth Vitiate in the years following the Great Hyperspace War. Created by the Sith Lord Rykste Naefas (Darth Vyrassu) and his dark council. It was designed to encompass the best aspects of baseline Sith philosophy and the Rules set forth by Emperor Vitiate, eschewing the self-destructive nature of the ancient Sith and proclaiming that all Sith would collectively work towards the common goal of galactic domination.
* Like Vitiate's sith, there would be only 12 Dark Lords to rule and guide the Sith under one Sith Emperor, but the blind loyalty to a single individual was abandoned for faith and rational loyalty to the government in which they all served. Under the guidance of the 12 Dark Lords and The Emperor, the Sith Order would grow alongside the Sith Empire, serving as the unwavering fist to crush the zealots of the light and smash their houses of worship into oblivion.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
* Headquarters: Dromund Kaas
* Realm:
* All Territories of the Sith Empire
* Domain: The Sith Order lays claim to the entirety of the Sith Empire's territory, operating freely within its borders as servants of the state. The Order also claims any and all Sith shrines, temples, and forgotten ruins scattered across the galaxy; often launching expeditions to such locations to either reconnect with their ancient past or reconstruct what had been demolished through violence and time.
* Notable Assets:
* Sith Academies:
* Sith Academy [Bastion]
* Sith Academy [Dromund Kaas]
* Sith Academy [Korriban]
* Trayus Academy [Malachor V; Rebuilt] (submission coming soon)
* Sith Academy [Ossus]
* Sith Arts Academy [Thule]
* Sith Temples:
* Dark Force Temple [Dromund Kaas]
* Dark Temple [Dromund Kaas]
* Great Temple [Korriban]
* Sith Temple [Malachor V]
* Temple of the Unseen Eye [Malachor V]
* The Great Sith Library [Ossus]
* Sith Temple [Rhen Var; Restored]
* Great Ziggurat of Hurom [Thule]
* The Great Massassi Temple [Yavin IV]
* Temple of Exar Kun [Yavin IV]
* Emperor's Eye [Ziost; Restored] (submission coming soon)
* Sith Tombs
* Darth Bane's Tomb
* Dathka Graush's Tomb
* Tomb of Ludo Kressh
* Tomb of Marka Ragnos
* Tomb of Naga Sadow
* Sanctum of Sakkra-Kla
* Tomb of Darth Vader
* Tomb of Din Grrut
* Tomb of Hakagram Graush
* Tomb of Tulak Hord
* Dramath the Second's Tomb [Rekkiad]
* Darth Gravid's Fortress [Jaguada]
* Circle of Visions [Upekzar]
* Tower of Prophecy [Voss]
* Sith Citadel [Ziost]
* Imperial Citadel [Dromund Kaas]
* Consortium Temple [Korriban]
* Dark Temple [Dromund Kaas]
SOCIAL INFORMATION
* Hierarchy:
* Sith Emperor - The religious leader of the Order, considered to be not only the most powerful Sith in terms of Force strength, but also the most learned in the ways of the ancient Sith, its histories, its philosophy, and its various other teachings.
* Imperial Hand - Second-in-command to the emperor, the Imperial Hand is simultaneously the military executor of the Sith Empire's vast intergalactic military. His/her authority is only subordinate to that of the Emperor.
* The Dark Lords - Beneath the Shadow Hand are 12 Sith Lords who have come to embody specific elements of the Sith Order, that of Strength, Knowledge, and Power. They control 12 different spheres of power and control through out the Empire.
* Darths - Darths were the highest most powerful sith of the order outside of the Dark Council. Here you're considered among to best of the Sith Order. This is where you obtain your Darth Moniker.
* Lords of the Sith - Sith Lord was a title that was conferred onto members of the Order who had both considerable knowledge of and strength in the dark side of the Force. They embodied mastery in one of the three pillars of the Sith, Strength, Knowledge, or Power.
* Knights of the Sith - Sith Knights were blades who had advanced beyond the basic teachings of the Sith, completed their sith Trials, and were well on their way to becoming independent Sith in their own right. It was here that many Knights found their specialization in the Dark Side of the Force, either as Warriors or Magicians. As well the Knights were eligible to govern a Sith Empire controlled system.
* Blades of the Sith - Sith Blades were a limbo status between Apprentice and Knight. You'd obtain and keep this title once you've started and completed your sith Trials.
* Apprentices of the Sith - As a Sith Apprentice you've graduated the Sith Academy and have been selected by a Knight or higher to be their apprentice, here is where your true training in the Darkside shall begin.
* Acolytes of the Sith - Sith Acolytes were Force Sensitive individuals who had just started down the dark path to Sith-hood and were relatively untrained in terms of harnessing the Dark Side of the Force. These would-be Sith were trained in sprawling academy complexes across many worlds within the Sith Empire, where they would compete against one another, their environment, and their very teachers in search for purpose and recognition.
* Membership: The Sith Order boasts of maintaining somewhere around eight to ten thousand members at any given time, from the lowest acolyte to the Sith Emperor himself. The Sith Empire goes to great lengths to acquire Force-sensitives at an early age, often requiring hospitals to perform mandatory Midi-chlorian tests on newborns to test for adequate levels of Force-sensitivity. The parents of those newborns that pass the test are then given a choice; they can either keep their child and raise it as they would, or they could willingly hand it over to the Imperial Government and receive generous monetary benefits in return.
* It is often stated by government officials that their child would bring great glory and triumph to the Empire and that their family would be elevated to grandeur. Those babies that are handed over to the Empire are relocated to specialized nurseries designed to teach the Sith ideology at infancy and coax out an individual's latent Force potential and harness it to better benefit the Order.
* Because the Sith Empire is a relatively new government, most of its Order was recruited by scouring newly annexed territory for any notable Force-sensitive individuals and recruiting them as Sith Acolytes.
* Both children taken at birth and those recruited later in life are sent to Sith Academies once they have reached a particular threshold of knowledge, primarily the basics of the Force and Lightsaber combat. There they are fine-tuned by capable instructors into the future warriors of the Sith, their hatred, rage, passion, sadness, grief, joy, and fear harnessed to better serve as conduits for the Dark Side of the Force. It is here where the majority of casualties during training occur, with only the strongest, smartest, or most cunning surviving to graduate.
* After graduation from the Sith Academies, acolytes are then taken under the wing of Knights or Lords at the discretion of the latter, and become Apprentices. If an acolyte is unable to find a suitable master, or had failed the academy but still survived after, they were sent to serve in the Sith-Imperial Service Sector. The SI-SS was divided into four organizations, the Horticultural Division, the Pathological Division, the Instructional Division, and the Expeditionary Division.
* The Horticultural Division was made up of failed acolytes, agriculturalists, and local farmers who were charged with maintaining the multitude of agriworlds within the Empire, utilizing genetic modification and the Force to keep the Empire well fed and well stocked.
* The Pathological Division comprised the doctors, medics, and Force healers within the Sith Empire, and were often deployed alongside the Imperial Trooper Corps in battle zones and other areas of engagement to treat wounded Sith, soldiers, and civilians, though there was exorbitantly less emphasis placed on non-Imperial citizens.
* The Instructional Division was charged with imparting knowledge to Imperial Citizens across the Empire and included teachers, scholars, and archivists within its ranks. The Expeditionary Division was dedicated to surveying uncharted areas of the galaxy around the Sith Empire and uncovering ancient ruins and civilizations through archaeology.
* Those who are acquired by a Sith knight or higher will be inducted as a full-fledged apprentice and will live, eat, and train at their master's residence. throughout their apprenticeship with them. Only after an apprentice has been knighted by their master will they be granted their own housing, which is controlled by the Sith government and is organized similarly to university dorms. Sith Knights are also officially considered servants of the state and are categorized as government employees, thus earning their own regular wages as they serve as the discretion of their peers across the Empire.
* When a Sith Knight reaches a point where their skills have evolved enough to be considered masterful, they are summoned before the Dark Council and a small collection of their peers in the Order at the Ascendant Great Hall on Dromund Kaas. There, via a short ceremony, they are granted the title of Lord of the Sith by the graces of the Dark Council and join the upper echelons of the Order. At that stage, they are allowed to construct their own domiciles, hold positions of political power in the Empire, and wage independent campaigns on behalf of the Emperor.
* Influence: The Sith Order holds considerable sway within the Sith Empire, with its members comprising the majority of its leadership in nearly every branch of government except the military and civil bureaucracy. It is not uncommon to see individual members form their own personal fiefdoms within the Empire, often to exert their own authority over a select group of Imperial Citizens while still adhering to the greater laws of the Empire.
* Climate: Members of the Order are taught that they are the warriors of destiny, and while this type of propaganda may lose its luster on older members, newer Sith tend to latch onto this heroic ideal. They view their inclusion in the Order with immense pride and are dedicated to carrying out its goals across the galaxy in order to usher in a new golden age for the Sith. On the flip-side, the members who have existed far longer than the Order have different interpretations on the Sith Code and the role of the Sith in galaxy, but are generally held to the Order's ideals by a combination of the Empire's unifying presence, the prospect of conquest, personal gain, and wealth.
* Reputation: The Order has become synonymous with terror, tyranny, and oppression in the several millenia of years of its existence. In that time they have become the face of the modern Sith and are indistinguishable from the Sith Empire they readily serve. There are those, mainly within the Empire's borders, who view the Order as an egalitarian organization that accepts all species, genders, and sexual identities into its ranks and is instrumental in bringing order and stability to the perceived lawlessness and barbarity of an Outer Rim which has languished under Republic neglect and cultist anarchism.
* Rules:
* No self-destructive infighting
* Healthy competition between Sith is allowed, barring that such competition doesn't go against the tenets and decrees of the Sith Empire or work against its interests
* The practice of the Light Side of the Force is completely banned within the Order, with any reported cases being reviewed by the Dark Council.
* Members of the Sith Order are not allowed to cavort with members of Light Side organizations such as the Jedi, with the exceptions of combat, detainment, torture, execution, and conversion if possible
* Sith reserve several special privileges available only to members of the Order that denotes a clear distinction between them and the Imperial Citizenry of the Sith Empire
* Asset-owning Sith must pay a percentage of their earnings back to the Imperial Government in relation to their total amount of assets
* To observe and respect the diplomatic relations of the Sith Empire, and to never utilize Imperial assets against those allied to the Empire
* Sith are subject to the rules of engagement in the same manner as the Imperial military, and can only deviate with permission from the Dark Council and the Sith Emperor
* Doctrines: The philosophy of the Sith Order is known as the Rule of Order. The tenets of the Rule of Order are as follows:
* Unification among all Sith with the purpose of channeling power into fulfilling the destiny of the Sith to rule over all the known and unknown galaxy.
* No acquiring power for power's sake, instead utilizing personal power to further the ambitions of the collective Order.
* Bringing Order, not Chaos, to those territories that fall under the Sith Empire's control and authority.
* It is the pre-determined destiny of the Sith to rule the galaxy as its sole master, and thus all worlds and all people are the subjects of our collective will.
* The Emperor of the Sith is the guiding force which drives the Sith to magnificence, but he is not to be blindly followed without question, a Sith's full loyalty should lie with the Empire in which all strive to serve.
* A Sith is the master of their fate, not the other way around, the Dark Side enables us to shape the future to our designs.
* Emotions are a powerful tool, perhaps the greatest in a Sith's arsenal of the Dark Side, but do not let yourself succumb to your emotions. A Sith is a warrior king, dignified, cunning, and noble; not a berserker that lashes out indiscriminately.
* The other Sith in the Order are your comrades, they seek to achieve the same goal as the rest of us. Yet caution should never waiver from one's being, trickery and self-interest run deep in our heritage and it is difficult, if not impossible, to fully escape such impulses.
* Through the Dark Side we achieve a power greater than any Jedi, but to view the Force through only one aspect is a narrow-mindedness reserved for the Jedi. A Sith, in order to become the supreme being we are all destined to become, must study every aspect of the Force; even the nature of the Light Side and its followers in order to better understand how to destroy them.
* Goals:
* Establishment of a galaxy-spanning Sith Empire
* The eradication of the Jedi (and it's various off-shoots)
* Accumulate all knowledge in the galaxy
* Proliferate Sith-Imperialism to all corners of the galaxy
MEMBERS
* See The Sith Empire's Membership
History:
Canon Sith Order
The Sith Order established near the End of the Great Hyperspace war and served the Resurgent Sith Empire for thousands of years.
In 205 ABY The Sith Order was rebirthed under the new Sith Emperor, Darth Vyrassu. The same laws and philosophy that Vitiate established upon his order, was put into place with the new order and built off the old order with some new additional modernizations put into place. The order served as the main backbone of power within The Sith Empire holding various political and positions of power among the Imperial Government. To this day the Sith Order reigns supreme as the power house of the Sith Empire.
